A 15-year-old thief, who stole €200 from a woman as she was making a withdrawal from an ATM on Dublin’s Grafton Street, received a six-month suspended sentence at the Children’s Court today.

A 15-year-old girl who was caught “raining blows” on a homeless woman has been remanded on bail pending sentence at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A 14-year-old thief, who stole €200 from a woman as she was making a withdrawal from an ATM on Dublin’s Grafton Street, has been ordered to pay compensation.

A 14-year-old-boy, who was involved a spate of ATM scams where five men each had €200 stolen from under their noses, has been given a six-month sentence by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A homeless boy - who was recently arrested for stealing a sandwich - left home when he was 13 to escape his mother’s violent partner, then ended up on the streets where he started taking heroin, a court heard today.